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. 2019 Sep 5;29(9):334–339. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20180041

Table 1. Patterns of objectively-measured sedentary behavior.

  n (%) Daily total SBa Proportion of SBb Number of breaksc Number of prolonged boutd Proportion of SB through prolonged boute





Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
All participants 287 100 525.2 112.3 58.3 11.7 7.6 2.9 4.4 1.9 42.2 14.6
Gender
 Men 177 61.7 550.2 116.3*** 61.8 11.3*** 7.1 2.9*** 4.9 1.9*** 44.8 14.5**
 Women 110 38.3 484.8 92.7 52.7 10.1 8.6 2.6 3.8 1.7 38.1 14.0
Age group, years
 65–74 143 49.8 511.3 112.9* 55.8 11.4* 8.0 3.1 4.2 1.9* 40.1 14.6
 75–84 144 50.2 538.9 110.4 60.8 11.5 7.3 2.6 4.7 1.9 44.4 14.3
Educational attainment
 ≤high school 175 61.0 516.5 116.4 57.4 12.2 7.7 2.6 4.3 1.9 41.5 15.0
 ≥university 112 39.0 538.6 104.7 59.9 10.9 7.6 3.3 4.7 1.8 43.4 13.9
Marital status
 single 51 17.8 541.6 121.7 60.0 11.9 7.6 2.7 4.5 2.0 42.6 14.4
 married 236 82.2 521.6 110.1 58.0 11.7 7.6 2.9 4.4 1.9 42.2 14.7
BMI, kg/m2
 <25 198 69.0 513.7 110.1** 56.6 10.7** 8.0 3.0* 4.2 1.9** 39.8 13.9***
 ≥25 89 31.0 550.6 113.7 62.2 13.1 6.8 2.4 5.0 1.9 47.6 14.7
Chronic conditions
 0 75 26.1 515.5 118.4 57.1 11.6 8.1 2.7 4.2 1.9 39.7 15.1
 1 102 35.5 517.3 104.9 57.7 11.1 7.7 3.3 4.4 1.8 43.0 13.6
 ≥2 110 38.3 539.1 114.3 59.8 12.4 7.3 2.6 4.6 1.9 43.3 15.1

BMI, body mass index; SB, sedentary behavior; SD, standard deviation.

amin/day.

b% of wear time.

ctimes/sedentary hour.

dtimes/day.

e% of total SB.

Using multivariate linear regression, the differences in each objective measures of sedentary behavior between subgroups of each sociodemographic variable were examined with two-sided test.

***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.